Side gate

Fort Bert got an upgrade today. A new side gate has been installed. I’m doing my bit for the environment by using an old fence panel and a gate that was going to be binned.

It looks great and should keep Bert safe in the garden.

Fort Bert

You’ve heard of Fort Knox, well today my garden took a big step forward in becoming Fort Bert!

I was given some old fence panels a few years ago. I had all the best intentions of sorting out this bit of fencing. Somehow it never quite made it to the top of the list. Or anywhere near it, if I’m honest. Bert’s arrival has rapidly changed that.

I had planned to do it over the weekend, the weather put pay to that. So I decide today was the day! I thought I’d take advantage of the sunshine… that only lasted 5 mins before it started raining again.

I wish I’d taken a photo before I started. It took me an hour to get it to the top picture. It was rather overgrown.

It’s not the best job in the world I grant you. But I used a saw, hammer and secateurs – all without injuring myself! I’m taking that as a win. I’m going to paint the panels so they blend in a bit more too. And need to tweak it slightly.

I blocked off the driveway too. Still got a couple more bits to sort out before it’s completely puppy-proof. But ran out of steam and light today. Overall a very productive day.

Structure

The Buddymobile is back after having a lot of work done on it. One of the rear wheel arches needed replacing. Sounds like a simple job. Right?! This is me, so of course not!

It was bad. First I knew was when a bit fell off. Never a good thing!!

It seems that the wheel arch has been an issue for a while. Water had been coming into one of my side lockers, as well as hitting the living floor. As a result, there was a lot of rotten wood that needed to be replaced. Good job I didn’t go through it. Or my bed collapse overnight.

So I have a rebuilt wheel arch and new floor in the locker and living. Need to get some replacement lino to complete it.

It will need to go back at some point to have the other rear wheel arch done.

I did get an upgrade while it was being done. A new step to make getting in and out a bit easier. Made good use of that as I was giving it a deep clean this evening.